Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. 477 



Carnegie Museum : Rio Sicsola, El Hogar (Carriker). Two skins. 



The range of this species seems to cover nearly the whole of the 

 country, up to an altitude of about 4,000 feet, specimens having been 

 taken at three widely separated points in the Caribbean lowlands (Rio 

 Sicsola, El Hogar, and San Carlos), several in the vicinity of San Jose 

 and from three points on the Pacific (Santo Domingo, Pozo Azul, and 

 Lagarto de Terraba). The specimens which I secured were taken in 

 the thick jungle, both being hidden away in small vine-covered trees. 



176. Strix virgata (Cassin). 



Syrnium virgatum Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1848, 124.— Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX., 1868, 132 ( Dota [Zeledon]). — Frantzius, Jour, fiir 

 Orn., 1869, 366 (Dota Mts. ). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.,II, 1875, 2 73 

 Costa Rica).— Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 125 (Alajuela, 

 Liberia, San Jose, Cartago). — Cherrie, Auk, IX, 1892, 327 (San Jose, tol- 

 erably common resident). 



Ciccaba virgata Salvin, P. Z. S., 1 8 70, 2 1 6. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, III, 1897, 29 (Irazu [Rogers], Escazii and Santa Rosa [Un- 

 derwood] ). 



Strix = Syrnium , Fourteenth Suppl. A. O. U. Chec^-List, Auk, 1908, XXV, 371. 



U. S. Nat. Museum : Retes, near Cartago (Cooper), Guayabo (Ridg- 



way and Zeledon). 

 Bangs Collection : Volcan de Irazu (Underwood). 

 Carnegie Museum : Escazu, El Pozo de Terraba, and Boruca (Car- 

 riker). Three skins. 



All the records for this species are either from the central highlands 

 or the Pacific slope and lowlands, from which we would infer that it 

 does not occur in the Caribbean lowlands. It is quite common over 

 the above mentioned districts, at least numerous specimens have been 

 taken. The specimens which I took were in the heavy forest, in 

 bunches of vines at no great height from the ground. 



177. Strix nigrolineata (Sclater). 



Syrnium nigrolineatum Sclater, Trans. Zool. Soc, IV, 268, pi. 63. — Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brie. Mus., II, 1875, 276 (Veragua). 



Ciccaba nigrolineatum Sclater, P. Z. S., 1859, 131. — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y., IX, 1868, 132 (San Jose [Frantzius]). — Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 

 1869, 366 (C. R.).— Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 125 (C. 

 R. ). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 1897, 27 (refer- 

 ences cited). 



Strix = Symizim, Fourteenth Suppl. A. O. U. Check-List, Auk, XXV, 1908, 



371. 



